Originally Posted by bearisgray
Even with calculators and computers, it's still useful to know which buttons to press to get the desired answer.
You bet! I agree. But my point is that we learned and know the process of finding the solutions. The next generations have depended on these things and don't know HOW to find the answers when they don't have any calculators or computers available. Since I've been quilting I have really appreciated the efforts of the teachers who taught me to use decimals, fractions, etc. I wish I had paid more attention to the geometry :oops: .